Legal Updates & Insights

Jul 2021

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In our latest publication, we discuss the Irish High Court's recent decision to refer four questions of law to the Court of Justice of the European Union. These questions relate...

Jul 2021

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Central Bank of Ireland's proposals for amendments to the Consumer Protection Code 2012

Jul 2021

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The 1 July 2021 marked the end of the six month post-Brexit ‘grace period’.

Jul 2021

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On 12 July, the Central Bank of Ireland (Central Bank) published a series of findings and Dear CEO letters on compliance with the Market Abuse Regulation (MAR).

Jul 2021

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On 13 July 2021, the government released the General Scheme of the Planning and Development (Amendment) (LSRD) Bill 2021 (the Bill).

Jul 2021

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The European Union (Anti-Money Laundering: Beneficial Ownership of Trusts) Regulations 2021 came into operation on 24 April 2021.

Jul 2021

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Vincent Power analyses the European Commission Sigma-Aldrich case when a fine was imposed for providing misleading information to the Commission.

Jul 2021

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The Consumer Protection (Regulation of Retail Credit and Credit Servicing Firms) Bill 2021 (the Bill) will affect credit servicing firms, hire-purchase and consumer-hire businesses and other indirect credit providers.

Jul 2021

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The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has confirmed the limited competence of a national supervisory authority, that is not the lead supervisory authority (LSA), to bring legal...

Jul 2021

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The Data Protection Commission (DPC) has published guidelines addressing the issue of what information employers can process in relation to their employees' return to the workplace.